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John Lewis, at the age of 80, has died, and one result is remembrances of his life, his courage, his Christian faith, his sacrifices and his dedicatio...

The holiday season has passed and the days are beginning to grow longer. Shorter days and long dark nights have always weighed heavily on the human ra...

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is hosting the Chautauqua Food Festival from through Friday. This third annual event coincides with a week o...

HISTORY : We found a few more notes we jotted down from our search through old newspaper archives. Here is this description of movies of the day from ...

A Bradford family is inviting the community to a Ramadan dinner Friday at The Friendship Table. Dr. M. Javed Akhtar and his family have sponsored the ...

WASHINGTON — When not furrowing their collective brows about creches and displays of the Ten Commandments here and there, courts often are pondering t...

WASHINGTON — When not furrowing their collective brows about creches and displays of the Ten Commandments here and there, courts often are pondering t...

WASHINGTON — One of the main reasons that Donald Trump gets greeted by "Hail to the Chief" is the particularly loyal support of white evangelical vote...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The scene had echoes of the Paris attacks: A bustling shopping area shaken by the blasts of suicide bombers and gunfire as o...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's first parliament in three years is off to a rocky start, with flamboyant displays of support for the president and general rowdin...

LONDON (AP) — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Monday he hoped this week's meeting of world Anglican leaders could avoid a split over homose...

PHOENIX (AP) — A trial that begins this month in Phoenix is expected to reveal the inner workings of two secluded towns on the Arizona-Utah line that ...

MOSCOW (AP) — For much of the Orthodox Christian world, Thursday is celebrated as Christmas Day. Believers in Russia, Ukraine, and parts of Eastern Eu...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iraq on Wednesday offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran after tensions soared following the kingdom's execution of a Sh...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man behind the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge comes from a Mormon family that has been challenging government...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot "cover up" its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing di...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead Monday and scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran after the ransack...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The latest developments after Saudi Arabia executes a prominent opposition Shiite cleric convicted of terrorism charges, s...

Shiite cleric's execution in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia exposes Mideast's dangerous divisionsAfter a year of political pregame, 2016 race gives way to a...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday charged two Jewish extremists in an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents last July — culmi...